New movies hitting the big screen today are about a weenie dog that comes back to life, a retired CIA agent gets another family member abducted, and a college girl a cappella group takes on their male rivals. Watch the trailers for Frakenweenie, Taken 2 and Pitch Perfect.
Frakenweenie
Tim Burton’s new Disney movie is a black and white, 3-D stop-motion animated movie about a boy who uses science to resurrect his dead dog Sparky . . . kind of like the original “Frankenstein”. It has the voices of Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara. . . . and watch out for an appearance by the legendary Christopher Lee as Dracula.
Starring: Wynona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short and Christopher Lee
Frankenweenie got 83% positive on Rotten Tomatoes.
Taken 2
Liam Neeson is a retired CIA agent fighting to rescue his family from kidnappers. Again. This time it’s his wife who’s taken . . . because the kidnappers want revenge for all the guys he killed while rescuing his daughter in the first movie. Maggie Grace from “Lost” plays his daughter, and Famke Janssen from the “X-Men” movies plays her kidnapped mother.
Taken 2 got 15% positive on Rotten Tomatoes
Pitch Perfect
Anna Kendrick revamps a college a capella group so they can compete against their male rivals. It also stars Brittany Snow and the succulent Rebel Wilson.
Starring: Maggie Grace from “Lost” plays his daughter, and Famke Janssen from the “X-Men” movies plays her kidnapped mother.
Pitch Perfect got 76% positive on Rotten Tomatoes
